Spectacle-case holder.



6. E. CO LE. SPECTACLE CASE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, l9l9.

Patented Apr. 8 1919;

gnucn roz enonenn. COLE or Turin, onlof sPEcTAcLn-oA-sn HOLDER. I

Application fi1ed'January30,r1919i 1 Serial No. 274,062..

1 '0 allcvhom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, Gnonon EVGOLE, a citizen of the United States, residing" at Tiiiin, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented 'certainnew and useful 7 Improvements in spectacle Case Holders-of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has'reference generally to improvements in thatclass-of in} ventions known as buttons, buckles and elasps and moreparticularly relates to an improved spectacle case holder.

It is the principal aim and object of this invention to provide adev'ice of vthe above mentioned character designed to be attached to a garment such as a vest preferably at or above the rear wall or back of a pocket therein for receiving a spectacle ease or other ob; j ect and retaining the dental displacement; a v

More particularly the present invention contemplates the'provisionof a device of the above mentioned character embodying an attaching plate having other plates pivoted to the side edges thereof While acting in conjunction with the opposed movable plates is the improved member designed to normally retain the movable plates spread so as to act in a retaining capacity against the case which is receivable in the device but in turn is movable away from the case when the movable plates are engaged and pressed toward each otherto permit a quick removal of the case from the device.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of 'a device of the above mentioned character wherein the parts are comparatively few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the efiiciency high.

Other objects, as wellas the nature, characteristic features and'scope of this invene tion will be readily apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed'out in the claims, forming a part of thisspecification.

The inventionis clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the device attached to a garment with a spectacle case received therein, the pocket of the garment being shown in dott'edlines,

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional detail of Y Specification'of Letters Patent.

same against acci Patented Apr; 8,1919.

the device detached and with the case removed.- a

o Similar Lcharacters of reference' are em- 'ployed ln all of the above described v ews to a indicate correspondingparts. TBeterrmg now, morepart1cularly,to the accompanying drawings there is illustrated the, improved spectacle case holder desig- '11at ed generally by the'numeral 1 and in wh ch is adapted to be received spectacle case generally designated '2," the device he ing designed for attachment tog a garment such-as a vest preferably'at or above the, rear wall or back of a pocket therein such as indicated in dotted lines. f

In the present instance the improved,

holder" may be said to consist of a relatively "flat and narrow attaching plate 3 formed of any desired material and is positioned I through the instrumentality of suitable fastening or attaching means such as a; pin

shank 4-fwhich is connectedas "at 5 to the 7 rearface ofithejplate and subsequent to engagement with the garment "is engaged,

with keeper 6'also carried by the rear face of the plate. Relatively short side respective endor side edges of the plate 3. In establishing this connection the; inner ends of the side plates are formed with ears '8 which are arranged between the spaced "hinges 9 on theplate 3 while these alining or registering ears 8 and 9 are engaged by pintles 10 for suitably connecting the plates together, as is apparent.

As intimated, anfi'mproved resilient retaining member has been employed in the present instance being in the form of a leaf spring '11, the terminal attaching portions 12- of which are bent inwardly so as to be arranged at an angle slightly: less than degrees to the main portion, said terminal 'p'latesf are now swingably connected to the attaching portions being-secured as by suitable fastenersflS to the outer "side faces of the side plates-7 while the spring is tensioned so as to normally hold the side plates in slightlyspreading relation or at an angle slightly greater than degrees from the attaching plate 3, the arrangement being clearly indicated in Fig. 1. i In addition to holding the side plates in this relationship,

'theunedial portion of the spring bears against the adjacent faceof the case 2 cl 27.1111)? ing the case tothe' attaching plate to" pre event accidental displacement thereoii order .to release the spectacle case from the holder,'assnn1ing that the device is attached to the rear Wall of the pocket slightly beneath the upper edge of the front Wall, the user merely places his thumb and finger on the Outside of the pocket so as to engage the outer ends of the side plates 7, exerting a pressure thereon drawing the plates 7 toward each other or bending the spring thereby removing-the spring from its clamping or engagement or relation with respect to the 7 case so that the casein consequence may be easily ren'ioved. By repeating the action of drawing the side plates, together the user can replace the case in the holder, sliding the case downwardly into the pocket and When released the spring Will automatically 7 move the side plates; farther apart and'will also" engage the case so as to prevent dis placement thereof. It is of course apparent that otherobjects of'a similar shape to the spectacle case may be conveniently carried without loss. Likewise, the holder may be 7 made in different sizes to suit the size of the the advantages of the invention will be a v p rent Y Still-further embodiments of the invention than those here nespecially defined may be resorted to as conditions or preference may "Gopies'of this patent may be obtained for dictate, as may be in keeping with the hereto appended claims.

Having thus fully described the invention, What is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

l. A device of the character described in cluding an attachment plate, side plates pivoted to the ends thereof, a spring clamping member, and attaching terminals extending angularly from the clamping member and secured to the side plates and to insure of the normal holding of the side plates in slightly spreading relation.

2. A device of the character described including an attaching plate, attaching means mounted on the rear face of the plate, opposed side plates pivoted to the opposite ends of the attaching plate, and a clamping member in the form of a leaf spring having its terminals bent to lie at an angle less than 90 degrees to the main portion of the spring.

means for securing the terminal portions of the spring to the outer side faces of the side plates so that the spring will normally act to hold the side plates at an angle slightly more than 90 degrees with respect to the attaching plate to consequently allow the main portion-of the spring to exert a clamping action on an object adapted to be insertible between the spring and attaching plate.

In testimony whereof, I aliix my signature hereto.

GEORGE E. COLE.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G. 

